PORTSMOUTH — The search for the body of 19-year-old Elizabeth Marriott continues off the coast of the city this week.
Associate Attorney General Jane Young, head of the criminal bureau, said the search will continue for the next several days for the University of New Hampshire student who went missing on October 9.
Investigators have not said what evidence they have to believe that she is dead or why they are looking around Peirce Island in Portsmouth, except that they have strong leads.
Seth Mazzaglia, 29, of Dover, was arraigned a week ago on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Marriott's death. Prosecutors say Marriott was either strangled or suffocated in a Mill Street apartment by Mazzaglia.
Young said no leads or clues were found over the weekend, but that New Hampshire's Marine Patrol have been working to find the body of Marriott, who went missing on October 9.
“Our focus is on finding her,” Young said.